Policing Style
In New York, Bratton adopted a zero tolerance policing policy from 1990. This manner of policing has won plaudits and criticism, but the implementation of zero tolerance policy coincided with a reduction of petty and serious crime in New York by 2001.
Bratton has stated that racial tensions and distrust of the police are hindrances to reducing crime. Bratton's solution in New York and Los Angeles was to make police forces more ethnically diverse and "reflect the ethnic make-up of the cities."
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